What is 0.53448 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.53448 as a fraction equals 53448/100000 or 6681/12500

Here is the solution for converting 0.53448 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.53448 as  

Step 2:

Next, we multiply both the numerator and denominator by 10 for each digit after the decimal point. Remember the numerator is the top part of the fraction and the denominator is the bottom part!

0.53448/1

  =  

0.53448 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

53448/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 53448 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 53448 are: 1  2  3  4  6  8  12  17  24  34  51  68  102  131  136  204  262  393  408  524  786  1048  1572  2227  3144  4454  6681  8908  13362  17816  26724  53448 
The factors of 100000 are: 1  2  4  5  8  10  16  20  25  32  40  50  80  100  125  160  200  250  400  500  625  800  1000  1250  2000  2500  3125  4000  5000  6250  10000  12500  20000  25000  50000  100000 
So for 53448 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 8

Step 4:

For the last step we reduce the fraction. This just means writing the fraction in the simplest way. To do this we divide both the numerator and denominator by the GCF value we determined in step 3.

53448/100000

  =  

53448 ÷ 8/100000 ÷ 8

  =  

6681/12500

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.53448 as a fraction.